More by Nicola Marsh

Nicola Marsh Laying it all on the line for love…

Mia Cresswell is tired of being good.Achieving geek status at college doesn’t equate with fun. So when she heads home to her dad’s tennis academy in Santa Monica on spring break, she’s determined to be bad. And hot Aussie tennis star Kye Sheldon is just the guy to help her do it.

However, Kye’s troubled past continues to dog him and attending the Cresswell Tennis Academy is his last chance at the big time. He can’t afford to screw up…by screwing the boss’s daughter.But Mia and Kye’s relationship is much more than a vacation fling.Will it be game, set, match, when the truth is revealed?Or will Mia and Kye have a real shot at love all?

Nicola Marsh Good girls finish last? Screw that.

Being a small town girl isn’t so bad. Unless Mom’s the town joke and I’ve spent my entire life shying away from her flamboyance. College in Las Vegas should be so much cooler. But it’s not. Bad things happen. Real bad.

So when my brother Reid offers me an all-expenses paid vacation to Australia for a month, I am so there. Discounting the deadly snakes on the outback cattle station, I should be safe.Until I meet Jack.

But he’s my brother’s new bestie and he lives on the other side of the world. There’s no future for us.Is there?

Nicola Marsh Jess Harper is so tired of being good…

Thrust into the dazzle of Burlesque Bombshells, Vegas’s premier dance venue, the small town librarian has no option but to embrace her inner vixen.Especially when blast from her past, sexy Aussie celebrity chef Jack McVeigh is still determined to keep their relationship strictly hands-off.

This time Jess isn’t surrendering without a fight and armed with her hot props and Bombshell moves, Jack doesn’t stand a chance.

When Jess and Jack are sequestered on an island to orchestrate the burlesque wedding of the year, sun, surf and sizzling sex are on the menu!

But will the fiery couple come back for seconds?

Nicola Marsh Laying it all on the line for love…

Adele Radcliff has worked hard to erase the sins of her past. The ex-burlesque dancer is now an accountant in Vegas and has her life on track. Until one steamy interlude with her friend’s brother changes everything…

Reid Harper may be tired of the hand-shaking, back-slapping and baby-kissing, but politics is all he knows. His job consumes him. Until he meets Adele and the gorgeous redhead becomes his new focus.Reid wants a relationship, Adele doesn’t. A decision reinforced when Adele discovers she’s pregnant. She has too many secrets to hide and can’t risk Reid getting too close.

But Reid has other ideas and when he learns the startling truth, how far will he go to prove their future is more important than the past?

"I really really love Nicola's writing - her pace, characters and style are always a hit for me! This book delivers great pace, interesting characters and good story." Passionate Book Divas

"I love this book, I couldn't put it down, I had to read it in one sitting! This author is becoming the number one Aussie author for me in terms of contemporary and category romance." Confessions from Romaholics

"Nicola Marsh seriously knows how to write a romantic comedy! Like with all Marsh novels, this one reads just like a movie. Definitely check it out!" I'm a Book Shark

Nicola Marsh I need a new start. Anonymity. In a country where no one will know me, and the havoc I create.

Not all the rumors about me are true. But I made one mistake too many in LA and attending an Australian college for a few semesters is the perfect solution.I plan on avoiding guys. But the part-time tutor and sexy Aussie artist Ashton? Has me re-evaluating the wisdom of being a reformed bad girl.

Ash is aloof, dedicated, serious, and I must corrupt him. So I seduce him. Not expecting to fall in love for the first time. And the last.Because Ash has high standards and when he learns the truth about me, he’ll join the long list of people in my life pretending I don’t exist.

Nicola Marsh Finn Ahearn’s Irish luck runs out when he travels half way around the world to Sydney.The seedier side of the city’s Kings Cross soon catches up with him and he finds the only way he can get back on stable footing is to accept a bartending job, working for tough Aussie bar owner Ellie Finch.Ellie is a decade older than Finn but that doesn’t stop the charming Irishman from wooing her.Ellie doesn’t believe in the happily-ever-after dream any longer, not since hers imploded a long time ago. Her values are a world apart from Finn’s. They have absolutely nothing in common.But can a smooth-talking Irishman sway a hard-hearted cynic to believe in love again?

Nicola Marsh Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Wood's life is turned upside down when her boyfriend kills himself the day after she dumps him.

Blamed by the townsfolk of Broadwater and ostracized by her friends is bad enough. But the fallout from dealing with her mom's increasingly frequent psychotic episodes sends her fleeing to New York City to live with her aunt, a Wicca High Priestess.

Alyssa doesn't believe in magic, not any more.

She has a new life to lead: a new BFF in Seth and a major crush on Ronan, the sexy geek saxophonist who tutors music at her high school.Can she leave her old life behind or will the ghosts of the past continue to haunt her?

But Chantal knows for Zane to embrace his family the way he deserves, she has to set him free.As business wars with pleasure, the golden couple discover that love may just conquer all.

Nicola Marsh Annabelle Cleary travels half way around the world…to fall in love with the boy next door all over again.

Completing her degree at a college in Denver may just be the most exciting thing this small town girl has ever done.Until she discovers her new mentor is Joel Goodes, the guy who once rocked her world.

Joel isn’t a keeper. He’ll break her heart again. But Annabelle can’t resist the sexy Aussie at his devastating best and soon they’re indulging in an all-too-brief fling.

Annabelle wants it all: career, relationship and kids, in the hometown she’s always loved. The same town that holds nothing but bad memories for Joel.

When they return to Australia, will it be a homecoming they’ll never forget?

Nicola Marsh Jewelry designer and heiress Ruby Seaborn will do anything to save her family's company from financial ruin. And she means anything.

Including proposing a strictly business marriage to diamond-mine magnate Jax Maroney—the only man able to restore the Seaborn jewelry empire to its former glory!

She needs his money; he needs her socialite credentials—it's a win-win solution. And if they indulge in certain…fringe benefits of their marriage along the way, that's fine. Because luckily Ruby's heart is as unbreakable as the precious gems she works with…isn't it?

Kimberly Lang, Joss Wood, Nicola Marsh & Nina Harrington This month, experience the true art of flirtation that Harlequin KISS brings with four original stories in one, fun and sexy bundle! Titles include No Time Like Mardi Gras by Kimberly Lang, The Last Guy She Should Call by Joss Wood, Romance For Cynics by Nicola Marsh and Trouble on Her Doorstep by Nina Harrington.

Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin KISS!

Nicola Marsh Wyatt Harrison is a geek and proud of it. The IT freelancer prefers delving into the mysteries of motherboards than women. Until he upgrades the computer systems at Vegas’s premier revue venue Burlesque Bombshells, where he’s confronted by the biggest mystery of them all, stunning choreographer Ashlin O’Meara.

Ashlin prefers brawn to brains. She likes her men uncomplicated for a reason. But there’s something about Wyatt that she can’t resist. Unable to achieve satisfaction in the bedroom for years, he could be the guy to push all her right buttons.

However, Wyatt’s no fool, and in agreeing to a short-term fling with the sexy geek, will her devastating secret of the past be revealed, resulting in the collapse of her carefully constructed life?

Nicola Marsh In all her time as premier tour manager to Australia's stars, Charli Chambers has never had someone as infuriating—or delectable!—as successful businessman Luca Petrelli along for the ride. He might always be in the gossip columns, but there's no way she's letting him claim VIP status!

But Luca's wicked eyes are just too tempting. In spite of herself, Charli's soon attending after-parties—just for two. She wants to believe this is one duet that's about to go platinum, but in spite of Luca being unprintably good in bed, can she ever get close enough to the real Luca for their fling to be more than just a one-hit wonder?

Nicola Marsh A Victorian Police Special Ops team leader joins forces with an Australian Defence Force Tactical Assault Group expert who specializes in biological warfare to stop an imminent chemical threat.

When the threat becomes personal and the body count mounts, they find themselves locked in a safe room, where they discover their sizzling history takes little to ignite.

(Previously published in The Mammoth Book of Special Ops)

Short fiction 7200 words

Nicola Marsh When glittering socialite Jade Beacham's life falls apart, she's determined to make a completely fresh start. Packing away her designer wardrobe, she heads out to the arctic splendor of Alaska to become deliciously dangerous Rhys Cartwright's newest—and feistiest—employee….

Expecting a high-maintenance princess, Rhys finds Jade's enthusiasm and natural beauty surprising…and outrageously enticing! If working together is wicked torture, then giving in to temptation is worse—as their blistering night together plays havoc with Rhys's strict "one night only" rule….

Nicola Marsh After spending the past few years as the perfect political wife, Ava's finally single and free to live her life as she chooses—away from the paparazzi. She starts her new life as a freelance writer with a massive scoop: an interview with extreme sports legend—and dreamboat!—Roman Gianakis…

The immediate chemistry is all-consuming, but Roman lives his life firmly in the public eye. To match him, she'll have to step up next to him.

Till now Ava's always wished she could hide in the wings—is she ready to embrace center stage?

Nicola Marsh The secrets behind Australia's most famous smile

Liza Lithgow has her reasons for living life in the spotlight, and they're all to do with protecting her little sister. Now she's finally saved enough money to leave the red carpet behind, what better way to celebrate than with a martini and a man?

The only problem is, the man in question turns out to be a publisher wanting her kiss-and-tell autobiography! Wade Urquart's company wants a story? Fine. If scandal will sell more copies, she'll give them exactly what they want! But what will Wade see—the glossy facade or maybe, at last, the real Liza?

Nicola Marsh Must. Not. Fall. For. Fake. Boyfriend.

Cashel Burgess's PR team has come up with a plan to salvage his reputation and show his "softer" side by entering him in a Valentine's Day competition to find Australia's Most Romantic Couple. It's so ridiculous it might actually work. The hitch? He doesn't even have a girlfriend. But that's not about to stop him….

Thanks to a good-for-nothing ex, gardener Lucy Grant hates Valentine's Day. But when Cash makes her an offer too good to refuse, Lucy finds herself half of the most cynical couple in Australia! The only problem is, when a man fakes it this well, a girl might be tempted to turn fiction into fact….

Nicola Marsh SCION OF THE SUN won Best YA Novel in the National Readers’ Choice Awards, USA.

Sixteen-year-old Holly Burton’s unremarkable life is shaken to the core when a vision of the mother she never knew has her questioning everything she believes.Eager for answers, Holly enrolls at a boarding school for highly gifted students in Wolfebane, New Hampshire. When she accidentally transports to a parallel existence and discovers she has a whole other life waiting for her, confronting a dark and ancient evil seems the least of her problems.With the help of Joss, a sexy alpha warrior sworn to protect her, and her new BFF, the equally swoon-worthy Quinn, Holly faces her fears and an unlikely adversary in a showdown that is worse than anything she could’ve possibly imagined…

I mean, of course I'll be fine. I don't feel anything for him anymore. Female viewers might swoon over Jared's tanned gorgeousness, but I know he's just an arrogant, overmuscled heartbreaker!

The cameras are rolling, so I'm off to the beach to face Jared. I just hope I look okay in this bikini!

Nicola Marsh Fashions change

Chase Etheridge is organizing the most challenging event of his career—his sister's bachelorette party. Normally cool under pressure, the situation has Chase hot under the collar, and he knows exactly who to blame: Lola Lombard, party organizer, queen of all things vintage, and absolute bombshell!

But true love is timeless!

Behind Lola's pin curls and red lipstick hides a girl who's never believed she amounts to much. It's up to Chase to convince her that he loves her just the way she is, whether dressed in old-style glamour or as his brand-new bride!

Nicola Marsh Eeek! My new project is to get up close and personal with Lachlan Brant! You know how famous and totally gorgeous he is! He's invited me to spend a weekend away with him and I think he's got more than just business on his mind! The thing isso have I! Coffee and a chat in ten? Thanks, girls!

Keely xx The girls think Lachlan's perfectand tell Keely to go for it! But after their trip away Keely's got even more gossip to sharewhat she'd thought was impossible has happened: she's pregnant with Lachlan's baby!

Sami Fujimoto & Nicola Marsh I may be just a shy, boring person, but I'll reinvent myself on this cruise! Lana Walker holds this thought firmly in mind as she boards the ship that will take her all around the South Pacific. However, just as she clears the gangplank in her usual plain navy business suit, she trips! "Watch out!" Zac, a sailor clad in a dazzlingly white uniform with eyes a deeper blue than the ocean itself, catches her. Lana's face glows hot from his teasing smile. "What's going on with me?" But just when she's almost taken in by his charm, she overhears him: "Women are all as vicious as piranhas.".

Nicola Marsh Another year, another Valentine's Day. But Cam's roses are all blue, because on this day six years ago she met the love of her life, Blane, and eloped—only to find him gone three days later. Now she's made her dreams come true and owns her own café. She's happy…that is, until Blane shows up again! He wants to start over, and the touch of her old lover beings to wash away the flames of anger raging inside her. But can she bring herself to trust him again?Another year, another Valentine's Day. But Cam's roses are all blue, because on this day six years ago she met the love of her life, Blane, and eloped—only to find him gone three days later. Now she's made her dreams come true and owns her own café. She's happy…that is, until Blane shows up again! He wants to start over, and the touch of her old lover beings to wash away the flames of anger raging inside her. But can she bring herself to trust him again?

This box set includes:

MAKE ME CRAVE

By Katee Robert

When Roman gatecrashes Allie’s Caribbean holiday to make an offer on her company, he expects a challenge—not their hot one-night stand! The island lulls them into tempation…but what will happen when they return from paradise?

WILD THING

By Nicola Marsh

He used to be Makayla’s best friend, but five years after he broke her heart, Hudson is back. She wants to hate him. She wants to resist his sex appeal. But most of all Mak wants him…every night!

DESTROYED

The Knights of Ruin

By Jackie Ashenden

Why would a hot-as-hell biker help the police chief’s very off-limits daughter? Simple—Summer Grant is offering Jake “Tiger” Clarke something he can’t refuse: her! And Tiger is prepared to risk everything—even if it destroys them both…

BEST LAID PLANS

Blackmore, Inc.

By Rebecca Hunter

CEO Cameron assumes that Jackson, the PR expert hired to clean up his reputation, will be a man. But she’s all woman—as their sexy one-night stand proves! Now Cameron and Jackson must keep their hands off each other…if only they forget their time in the bedroom!

Nicola Marsh One night was supposed to ease her craving…

But after one taste she’s hooked!

Abby loves her new life working at Sydney’s finest patisserie. Working alongside brooding new man-in-charge Tanner is an unexpected but delicious challenge—especially as each night their attraction only grows hotter! But Tanner’s past is as dark as the ink on his skin… He’ll let her get closer than close in the bedroom, but does Abby dare go deeper?

“Dare is Harlequin’s hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!”

—Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling author

Sexy. Passionate. Bold. Discover Harlequin DARE, a new line of fun, edgy and sexually explicit romances for the fearless female.

Jazmyn has no intention to visit Love, but after one too many disastrous dates she agrees to Aunt Flo's challenge: if she's single in a month, she'll swap Sydney for Love.

Determined to find Mr. Right, Jazmyn plays the dating game with renewed vigour. But as the clock ticks down and her man drought continues, how far will she go to avoid Love?

Nicola Marsh Hired by an Australian tycoon!

Kara Roberts has been roped into a speed-dating eveningand is shocked to discover that one of her dates is Matt Byrne, her ex-boyfriend! Matt's now a successfuland very sexylawyer, and as he only requires a girlfriend to advance his career, he's decided the best option is to hire one! It's a lucrative dating deal Kara cannot afford to refuse .

Miho Tomoi & Nicola Marsh Beth has just started a job as a tour guide, replacing her cousin at the museum of natural history. But Aiden, the CEO of the museum, thinks that it's not really the kind of job that suits the audacious and sexy Beth. The two of them can't see eye to eye and inevitably have a head-on collision. But when he finally hears what her true intentions are, Aidan is trapped in the thrall of her charms. For Beth, no matter how handsome, well-bred and talented Aidan is, he's really not her type. But if that's the case, then why can't she tear her eyes away from his? And why does she suddenly give him a passionate kiss?

Nicola Marsh She’s never been one to be tamed

But he makes her utterly wild…

He used to be Makayla Tarrant’s best friend, but five years after he broke her heart Hudson Watt is back. He’s hotter than ever—but now he can make or break Mak’s dance career. She wants to hate him. She wants to show him she’s immune to his sex appeal. But most of all Mak wants him…every night and in every way!

“Dare is Harlequin’s hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!”—Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling author

Nicola Marsh A successful businesswoman and single mom, Aimee has everything she wants in life—especially her little boy. But Toby is sick, and Aimee now needs the one person she thought she'd never see again—Toby's father, Jed.

When Jed left Aimee five years ago he thought he was doing the right thing. But he hadn't realized Aimee was pregnant—or how much it would hurt when he walked away. Now that Jed has found his family he's determined to make up for lost time. He wants to prove to Aimee that he can be the father Toby needs and the husband she deserves.

Nicola Marsh Who said marriage had to be convenient?

LA party planner Poppy Collins has kept her side business—planning divorce parties as the Divorce Diva—under wraps, but keeping her sister’s company afloat is proving tougher by the day. When a new divorce party prospect gives Poppy the opportunity to save the day and boost her bottom line, she can’t pass it up. But this time, she’s about to get way more than she bargained for…

Vegas golden boy Beck Blackwood knows Poppy’s secret, and he’s not afraid to use it to get exactly what he wants—a wife. With his reputation and corporate expansion plans on the line, the only way he can repair the damage is by getting hitched, and fast. And if blackmail is the only way to get Poppy to the altar, then so be it…

But they’re in the city of high stakes, and Poppy has a few aces up her sleeve. Now it’s time to find out if they’re playing to win…or if they’re playing for keeps.

Nicola Marsh One thing I need to decide for myself … am I playing to win, or playing for keeps?

Angelica Bryant

Football is my passion. Right now, I have a chance to make my dream of being the best midfielder in the Women's Aussie Rules competition a reality. And soon I'll finish my studies and succeed in a role in sports management. For now, working in my dad's bar pays the bills. Even if he used to be a world–famous soccer legend and can't care less about Aussie Rules. I won't let anything get in my way. Not even the hot–as–hot one–night stand who, oh yes, just turned out to be Jaxon Flint, one of Australia's most successful sports agents … and he's offered me a job. We've agreed we have to forget about our attraction to both stay on the track we've laid out for ourselves. So why does the idea of being with Jaxon make me want to take the biggest risk of my life? It's game on.

Jaxon Flint

I told her my name was Jack. She told me her name was Angel. But an angel she wasn't when I took her home for the most amazing night of my life. I picked her up in a sports bar … but I never expected her to turn out to be the rising star of the new Women's Aussie Rules football competition. Or a natural at handling ego–fuelled sports superstars. I knew Angie was someone I had to hire … and a star I would be lucky to represent. Those are both good reasons to stay away from her. And after the way I failed my sister, I know I should stay away from someone so driven to excel. So why can't I get it out of my head that I want to be everything to my Angel?

Other books available in The Women of W.A.R. series:Long Game by Catherine EvansFair Game by Amy Andrews

Takane Yonetani & Nicola Marsh Abby, a stylist for Finess fashion magazine, has the opportunity to visit the Whitsunday Islands on a photoshoot that, if successful, could launch her career into the big leagues of high fashion. She can't wait to get started, until she finds that the photographer for the project is none other than her best friend from high school, Judd, who's been traveling the world as a wildlife photographer. A painful memory from their shared past makes her almost too anxious to work. Why did he have to show up now, just when she's finally started to get over what happened between them…?

Nicola Marsh Taking charge of her new boss!

Fleur has been hired by self-made businessman Darcy Howard to motivate his staff…and her first task is to insist that the workaholic Darcy starts having more fun. Only things aren't going to plan. It's Darcy who's showing Fleur the best time of her life!

Now Fleur's wishing her temporary contract with Darcy could become a permanent one—and she's not thinking about business.

Nicola Marsh She’s been playing it safe…

But it’s time for a new game plan!

Prim and proper Charlotte Baxter lets her naughty side run wild when she meets a hot stranger one night. She’s riding a high—until she discovers the mystery man is also her demanding new boss! With her career her top priority, an affair with Alex Bronson is forbidden…so why is she ready to risk it all for another scorching encounter?

“Dare is Harlequin’s hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!” —Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling author

Nicola Marsh Starr and Callum spent a passionate night together on the very day they met. If it had been just a one-night stand, all might have gone fine. But Starr, who’d just lost her job and boyfriend, accepts Callum’s offer to become his secretary, which makes their relationship more complicated. Despite their efforts to think of theirs as a business relationship, their burning desire for each other remains. One stormy night, Starr throws herself into the arms of Callum and sees the same passionate flames in his eyes as she had that night!

Nicola Marsh Alyssa has one week to destroy her enemy, save her spirit…and save her soul.

After her ex-boyfriend commits suicide and her mom’s alcoholism sparks yet another psychotic episode, seventeen-year-old Alyssa Wood flees her small hometown of Broadwater and heads to New York City to stay with her bohemian aunt—a Wicca High Priestess.Alyssa revels in the anonymity of a big city and her new life. Her grades climb, she has a new best friend, and a new guy: the sexy geek Ronan—a saxophonist who prefers jazz to pop.But her newfound peace is soon shattered when she sees a dead body in one of Ronan’s music clips—and she’s the only one who can see it. Worse still, Alyssa recognizes the body that has been murdered a week forward!

Alyssa doesn’t believe in the supernatural…despite her family’s Wicca background. So how will she overcome evil when it’s closer than she thinks?

Nicola Marsh What happens on the island stays on the island…

Allegra Wilks’s well-planned life has imploded, personally and professionally. To save her company, she reluctantly embarks on a trip that would’ve been her honeymoon to land the luxury eco-island resort’s lucrative advertising account. But when a lingerie mishap at the airport lands her in the arms of a sexy Aussie, Allegra has no idea just how crazy her life’s about to get.

Jett Alcott is headed to a South Pacific resort to secure an advertising account that will resurrect his reputation after his best friend ran his business into the ground. Discovering the tantalizing Allegra on his flight is an unexpected bonus as he envisages a week mixing business and pleasure. But Jett’s unaware Allegra’s his nemesis and after a sizzling week together there’s more at stake than his heart.

Nicola Marsh, Riley Pine, Katee Robert & Jackie Ashenden Harlequin Dare brings you a collection of four new sexy contemporary romances for fun and fearless women. Available now!

This box set includes:

SWEET THING

By Nicola Marsh

Abby loves working at Sydney’s finest patisserie—especially alongside brooding new boss Tanner. His past is as dark as the ink on his skin...he’ll let her get close in the bedroom, but does Abby dare go deeper?

MY ROYAL TEMPTATION

Arrogant Heirs

by Riley Pine

Matchmaker Kate Winter’s job is to chain Crown Prince Nikolai to one woman. Only Kate’s way too tempting—igniting his blood and something far deeper. But Nikolai’s heart is the one crown jewel she can’t have….!

MAKE ME WANT

by Katee Robert

In her job as a lawyer Lucy is bold, confident. But in the bedroom she needs inspiration to reawaken her inner seductress. Asking her friend Gideon Novak for help seems wrong...yet so deliciously right!

RUINED

The Knights of Ruin

by Jackie Ashenden

When Cat must fake a relationship with her best friend Smoke, convincing people of their red-hot chemistry is unexpectedly easy. But can they return to what they had before? And do they even want to?

Nicola Marsh Zoe Keaton’s bad-girl attitude is renowned for landing her in trouble. So when her advertising executive job is on the line and she travels to Italy to land a vital business deal, she has to rein in every natural instinct to flirt with royalty.But the guy she needs to convince, the totally hot yet closed-off Prince Dominic Ricci has no intention of listening to her pitch. Zoe never gives up so with the queen’s help she does whatever it takes to get the job done.Including kidnapping the prince!

However, she doesn’t count on the matchmaking queen’s interference stranding Zoe and Dominic on the royal family’s secluded island. Zoe can’t afford to mix business with pleasure. She must prove that she’s more than an entitled rich girl who bought her way to success. But who can resist a sexy prince and when Dominic turns on the charm the latent chemistry between them ignites.

Zoe knows it’s just a sizzling fling…or can a gorgeous Italian prince hiding a tragic past fall for a girl like her?